Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) has equivalent sensitivity and better specificity than breast MRI in patients with inconclusive findings after mammography and ultrasound in the diagnosis of breast cancer, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). BSGI is a molecular breast imaging technique used as an adjunctive tool to mammography that can identify lesions independent of tissue density.
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On Wednesday, July 16th 2008 an Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was held by the website BreastCancer.org on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. George Sledge, M.D. and Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S. answered questions about triple-negative breast cancer and its treatment.
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Scientists from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York have discovered that a handful of tiny scraps of genetic material, known as ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules, may control whether or not breast cancer travels to the lung and bone.
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Plenty of previous research has uncovered physical and psychological benefits to so-called expressive writing among diverse groups of patients, including people with chronic illnesses such as arthritis and asthma. Most of those studies were done in a controlled, laboratory setting. This article discuss a Georgetown study involved patients in an actual hospital setting.
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This page contains information about scholarships for cancer patients, cancer survivors,
children of a cancer patient or survivor, students who lost a parent to cancer, and students
pursuing careers in cancer treatment.
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